If you want to get the full life out of your central heating and air conditioning system the best thing to do is always keep up on the maintenance that is needed.
This includes being sure to change the air filter on a regular monthly basis, always making sure that the thermostat is working fully and most important to always get regular heating and air conditioning system tune up and check ups.
Getting heating and air conditioning system tune up and check ups is very important. Because what this does is ensure that your central heat and a/c unit is working properly. If there are any underlying issues, your heating and cooling specialist will find them during the tune up and check up and be able to fix them so that you do not have some kind of heat and a/c emergency happen right in the middle of a cold front or heat wave. That would be the worst thing that could happen. I had something like that happen once when it was over one hundred degrees out and it was no fun. I had to spend a night in a hotel and wait for the heating and air conditioning specialist to show up the next day to repair the central heat and a/c unit. Had I got my heating and cooling system tune up and check up on time it would have never even happened. This is why it is very important to get your HVAC tune up and check up done on a regular basis. To avoid HVAC emergencies like that from happening.